grief
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The Longest Day
His Father Died At His Feet. 50 Years Later The Accident Still Haunts Him. The author lost his father in an accident at the crag nearly 50 years ago. He’s taken that long to be able to write about it. Featured photo: David Markusen (left) and Steve Markusen on the summit of the Grand Teton…
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The Longest Day
The dog days of August 1974 had found us at our local crag. Perched on the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin, Taylors Falls is a narrow gorge of billion-year-old basalt, 40-foot cliffs carved 10,000 years ago by the meltwaters of retreating glaciers. The gorge hosts over a hundred trad- and sport-climbing routes. Relatively flat ground above…